LOL, I can empathize. :tongue_smilie:

Especially considering how many Christian homeschoolers there are. Unless this store is in a very non-religious area, they just cut out a rather large chunk of their potential clientel. I'd probably still check out the store for myself, to see what they offered (since I prefer to add my own spiritual elements to our homeschool, rather than having it pre-inserted into the curriculum), but I'd wonder how long they'd be in business.

I thought the thread about our not being bees anymore was fun. :)

Ugh, how horrible and tragic! That poor little baby! :( Many many prayers for your family, the precious little angel, and her mama.

Nope, not the same. ;) LDS is "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints" Church of Christ is a whole 'nother denomination.

I'm a Scout Bee. I wonder if there's the option of being just half-a-bee. Like if you've had an injury or something. We could call you Eric. :lol: ("I'd like to purchase a fish license please...") [/Monty Python kick]

Checking to see what I am...

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. :) They give me some food for thought. I think our bodies are both our greatest blessing, and our greatest responsibility that we have in this mortal sphere. We can both praise and do the works of God (allowing Him to use our hands), as well as cause hurt to ourselves and others based on how we wield it. Care for the body most deffinitely involves quiet a bit of morality, doesn't it?

Wow. :( One of the things I *can't* imagine doing, if my DH passes before me, is not being the one to dress him. Of course I won't do it alone, but the idea of handing that task over to strangers... I mean... wow. I honestly had no clue funeral homes wouldn't allow families that right. I guess that's something I'll need to keep in mind, if I'm ever charged with planning a funeral, is asking what their rules are for family members helping prepare the body.

To bee, or not to bee... Sorry :p

Wait, is family members handling the body not something typically done? For LDS funerals the body is *always* at the very least dressed by family members and/or members of the congregation, unless the family specifically stipulates that they want the funeral home to take care of it. My Dad helped prepare his father's body for burial, as well as his FIL's body. Annointing, dressing, etc. I think my grandma even did my great-grandma's make-up. One of the first things discussed when family gathers after a passing is who will do the preparing and dressing of the body. I didn't realize this wasn't typical.

At my grandfather's funeral there was even a cement lining to the grave, that went all around the coffin, and had a cement "lid". I didn't see the point then, or now, why that was necessary to bury someone. :confused: I've told DH to put me in a nice -rented- casket for the funeral, then bury me in a pineboard box. It's not like I'm going to notice that I'm not sleeping on a bed of satin. :tongue_smilie:

Something I've been pondering a lot lately, with all the religion talk on these boards lately... I think misunderstandings like this happen fairly often when we're looking at other's traditions that we're not familiar with. What is seen by an "insider" as a natural extention of their beliefs/faith tradition/cultural tradition/whathaveyou, with absolutely no judgement or condemnation implied to those who don't value those same things, can look like "judgement and rules" to someone unfamiliar with the deeper meanings behind the surface explainations of "We do/don't do these things." It's helped me keep a cooler head when listening to others explain their beliefs that might make me feel like they judge me for mine. It's also helped me try to be more clear in explaining what MY beliefs are, so that there's minimal misunderstanding. (of course you can't prevent ALL misunderstanding, but an ounce of prevention and all that... :tongue_smilie: )

Hmm. I really don't know. Perhaps because it would take too much money out of the church funds to pay for a full burial? (I'm including cost of a coffin and burial plot, plus embalming, etc.) Typically when church funds is used for things like this, it's money that's collected from the local congregation via Fast Offerings (which are seperate from Tithing), so the congregation may have simply not had the funds to help pay for a traditional burial and all it entails. But that's just a guess. As I quoted from the CHI, cremation isn't expressly forbidden by the church, so it's not out of bounds for a Bishop to offer to use church funds to pay for one.

I believe a few posts "disappeared" from the LDS thread when there was a, uh, mild explosion of tempers and at least one temporary ban issued. Having read the deleted posts though (prior to their being deleted, of course), I'm glad they were deleted. They added nothing to the discussion, and could have easily derailed an otherwise very positive and informative thread with people jumping to the defence of one side or the other. (ETA: And yes, these posts completely disappeared. No "post deleted" notice, that I saw)

I'm confused by this. :confused: The Church may help a family out financially in paying for a funeral if they're strapped for funds, but I've never heard of them specifying to the family how the deceased body is to be cared for. This is what the Church Handbook of Instructions (given to Bishops to help them in their duties) says about Cremation (emphasis added by me):

Sooooo cool if it's proved to be true!

And maybe some mummified chickens. :D Sorry you had such a cr@ptastic day. :(

KHE stands for... :confused:

I'm considering trying a different history curriculum for DD6's 2nd grade year. SOTW just doesn't seem to be sinking in for her. She always acts bored, whether she's listening to it being read by me, or by Jim Weiss. Is there a more engaging history curriculum out there? One that's more story-format than "Here is what happened" format? She DOES pay attention to the stories included within SOTW (whether myths or stories of fictional historical characters). Does such a curriculum exist? ETA: I do try to read library books along with the text book, but our library isn't all that great, so many weeks I don't have much, if anything, to supplement with) ETA2: I'm looking for secular history.

We recently switched from MUS to Math Mammoth. The math was getting too easy for DD to do, and the blocks were a *huge* distraction. She'd rather play with them than use them to do her math worksheet, so even though the math was easy for her to do, it too longer for her to do an assignment because I had to keep reminding her to stop playing with the blocks.

The bolded is part of what has me not suspecting the step-mom so much any more. And infact, I suspect the bio-parents more than her. They've spent a LOT of time in front of the media (at least locally) dragging her character through the mud, and keeping all eyes on her, and yet no compelling evidence has been found to at least make her an official police suspect? I think it was a stranger abduction as well, and wouldn't be surprised if the stranger was known to one or both of the bio-parents.

I feel your pain! :lol: If my kids ask me for something they can get themselves (the 6 and 4 year old) I simply say "You know what to do" and usually they'll then go do it. I haven't figured out how to effectively deflect them from talking *at* me though, or talking to me when I'm busy with something (like a phone call. grrrr.) Usually they just keep right on talking.

Come to Portland! We have Powell's! :D

UVU teaches both ballet, and "dance education". :)